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allen west in florida is trailing narrowly by about a thousand votes with just a couple percent not yet counted and michele bachmann is up by a margin like that, just a bare narrow lead in a very tight race in minnesota. so we're keeping an eye on that and if both of them were not in the house, i wonder whether that would change the tone of the entire body. i'm not sure. >> and bachmann's seat was redrawn to make it slightly more safe for republicans in redistricting. so that's interesting. we were surprised when we were looking at that, particularly given how much money and effort the republicans put into minnesota at the last minute at the presidential level. >> that's right. and right now it seems to be looking as if the democrats are going to gain somewhere between four and ten seats. >> ifill: some of the president's top staff are walking into the hall at mccormick place. i just saw jack lou, the president's chief of staff and jay carney, the president's press secretary. the entourage has arrived and they're ready to join the party. >> woodruff: as we watch this, can i just ask stu
allen west in florida is trailing narrowly by about a thousand votes with just a couple percent not yet counted and michele bachmann is up by a margin like that, just a bare narrow lead in a very tight race in minnesota. so we're keeping an eye on that and if both of them were not in the house, i wonder whether that would change the tone of the entire body. i'm not sure. >> and bachmann's seat was redrawn to make it slightly more safe for republicans in redistricting. so that's...
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>>shepard: what is the word on turn out in florida? >>reporter: we will see bigger crowds in the afternoon and half of the expected vote have voted but the secretary of state says that until we know the numbers the day has progressed very well and positive reports overall from around the state. in miami, certain locations saw long lines throughout the day as was the case in the all-important swing county of orange county around orlando, long lines there. but up to the wire the polls show that florida remains a toss up. >> mitt romney because i believe he is going to take this country forward not president obama. >> i voted for obama. he has done a great job the last fur years with a lot of improvement. >> ready for it to be over. keep our fingers crossed for the right guy. phil: people are so bombarded with campaign television commercials they told me they look forward to seeing new commercials for romney he must win the 29 electoral votes in florida for the path to victory. obama not as important but if he does win it again as in 2008
>>shepard: what is the word on turn out in florida? >>reporter: we will see bigger crowds in the afternoon and half of the expected vote have voted but the secretary of state says that until we know the numbers the day has progressed very well and positive reports overall from around the state. in miami, certain locations saw long lines throughout the day as was the case in the all-important swing county of orange county around orlando, long lines there. but up to the wire the polls...
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florida and oregon round out the top five. and mika, as you said, that florida offense really surprising. you're right about the gators. you told me early in the year, watch out for those gators. >> i tell you, my insight is valuable. i'm glad you're finally getting that. >> finally. >>> always shoot us as e-mail at waytooearly@msnbc.com or tweet us and let us know why you're awake. we'll read the best responses later in the show. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," republican lawmakers show signs of compromise on the fiscal cliff with some backing away from grover norquist and his anti-tax pledge. we'll discuss what that means for the livelihood of a deal ahead with the "morning joe" crew. >>> and when we come back here, we're going to huddle around the water cooler. we finally have a dollar value for what it would cost to ride a manatee. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] introducing the new dell xps 12. part of a whole new line of tablets from dell. it's changing the conversation. ♪ >>> we told you
florida and oregon round out the top five. and mika, as you said, that florida offense really surprising. you're right about the gators. you told me early in the year, watch out for those gators. >> i tell you, my insight is valuable. i'm glad you're finally getting that. >> finally. >>> always shoot us as e-mail at waytooearly@msnbc.com or tweet us and let us know why you're awake. we'll read the best responses later in the show. >>> coming up at the top of the...
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top spot followed by alabama, georgia, florida, and oregon. notre dame is the third new number one team in the last three weeks. they're all but assured a spot in the national title game. after saying what i just said about notre dame, i have jinksed them all. they will win the national championship. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe", president obama calls for peace in myanmar while halfway across the world fighting rages on between israel and gaza. we'll talk about the administration's response to another potential war in the holy land and what does mike mean for the president's agenda. and when we come back here, we're going to huddle around the water cooler. i don't know why we're letting lewis do this again. seriously, he's relentless. the two of you, idiot patrol. >> we're going to get to hear vice president joe biden telling victims of hurricane sandy that he is going to, quote, home boy. we're going to show you that clip. >> i promise you he will screw this up. we'll be right back. time for campbell's green bean cass
top spot followed by alabama, georgia, florida, and oregon. notre dame is the third new number one team in the last three weeks. they're all but assured a spot in the national title game. after saying what i just said about notre dame, i have jinksed them all. they will win the national championship. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe", president obama calls for peace in myanmar while halfway across the world fighting rages on between israel and gaza. we'll...
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>> florida. i'm surprised that romney lost florida. i thought he was doing much better in florida than what it ended up being. i'm also surprise that had after we know that the eyes of the world are on us when it come to voting, we couldn't get it right the second time around. i'm hoping that the governor of florida, the legislature in florida get together and figure out a way to fix our ballot. fix our system so we don't have these issues that we saw in this election will. >> what was your big surprise of the night? >> my surprise was the coalition that showed up once again to elect the president. thatafrican-american vote and the youth vote. i thought going from 2008, that it was that magic in a bottle. the pride of the african-american xhumt felt for having the first black candidate. he can win. so they turned out in record numbers in 2008. you know what? they matched those record number in 2012. so did the youth. there was a sense that there wasn't that excitement on college campuses. they could not get jobs. >> apparently the magi
>> florida. i'm surprised that romney lost florida. i thought he was doing much better in florida than what it ended up being. i'm also surprise that had after we know that the eyes of the world are on us when it come to voting, we couldn't get it right the second time around. i'm hoping that the governor of florida, the legislature in florida get together and figure out a way to fix our ballot. fix our system so we don't have these issues that we saw in this election will. >> what...
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a florida socialite connected to david petraeus and the scandal tried claiming she was a diplomat when she called 911 about someone in her yard. >> by any chance i am honorary council general so i have vie >> in the past several days several other calls from kelley's home about possible trespassers on her property. that is your 5@5:00. >> john allen continues the world. they held the first news conference set for reelection. tomorrow's hearing on benghazi the president will safe tough questions later today. peter tell us about this. >>> so far the white house has been saying president obama has been totally in the dark or was totally in the dark. the director of the cia was under investigation until a week ago last wednesday is when they say he found out. even so that investigation ban months ago. >> it is simply a fact that the white house is knottednot aware situation regarding general petraeus until wednesday. the situation regarding general allen until friday. so the fbi is the place to go. >> the deputy director of the fbi shawn joyce is going to make an appearance on capitol hill
a florida socialite connected to david petraeus and the scandal tried claiming she was a diplomat when she called 911 about someone in her yard. >> by any chance i am honorary council general so i have vie >> in the past several days several other calls from kelley's home about possible trespassers on her property. that is your 5@5:00. >> john allen continues the world. they held the first news conference set for reelection. tomorrow's hearing on benghazi the president will...
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the state of florida, 90% of the time whoever wins florida goes on to win the white house. here's a break down of the demographics. 57% white voters in the state. hispanic voters, a large voting block. we have seen the senator out there trying to persuade these voters to go for his candidate mitt romney. we know immigration reform is important to latino community and also the economy. if you look in the state of florida, 8.7% unemployment right now, well above the national average. they have the second highest foreclosure rate. it will be interesting to see how these messages play out in both of these critical swing states in florida and ohio. >>> the social media world has been buzzing all day about the election and it's still picking up speed. we are keeping an eye on the trends. >> reporter: as you can imagine, i vote and election 2012 are among top trending hash tags. if you were brave enough to use them, there are a lot of people talking at once and it can be tough to sort through everything. 10million tweets related to the election. we've heard people talking about lo
the state of florida, 90% of the time whoever wins florida goes on to win the white house. here's a break down of the demographics. 57% white voters in the state. hispanic voters, a large voting block. we have seen the senator out there trying to persuade these voters to go for his candidate mitt romney. we know immigration reform is important to latino community and also the economy. if you look in the state of florida, 8.7% unemployment right now, well above the national average. they have...
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midwest, northeast and south but expected scattered showers in the carolinas and parts of georgia and florida. >>> on the cbs morning moneywatch some positive news in the foreclosure front and a big burger that will take a bite out of your wallet too. ashley morrison is here in new york with more. >> reporter: good morning. several european cities are recovering from demonstrations over austerity measures, which stretched into the night. protesters in madrid started fires late wednesday after the 24 hour general strike. the violence disrupted air and rail travel in italy and belgium. across europe more than 100 people were arrested. >>> concerns about europe's debt crisis sent asian markets lower. hang seng lost 1% but the nikkei gained 2%. fewer homes are entering foreclosure and lenders aren't repossessing as many of them. a new report out this morning by realtytrac said banks began foreclosuring on more than 970,000 homes january through october. that's down 8% from last year. repo sessions have fallen about 19%. a government report says americans are spending less putting an end to three
midwest, northeast and south but expected scattered showers in the carolinas and parts of georgia and florida. >>> on the cbs morning moneywatch some positive news in the foreclosure front and a big burger that will take a bite out of your wallet too. ashley morrison is here in new york with more. >> reporter: good morning. several european cities are recovering from demonstrations over austerity measures, which stretched into the night. protesters in madrid started fires late...
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this is florida, you see a lot of visits. you break it down by candidate, where is the president, this is the i-4 corridor. this is an area i know ari fleischer is interested in. the democrats will win the southernmost counties, will the jewish votes be less. will the president get less because of the dustup with governor romney and israel in the campaign. you won't see the president out here. this is the most conservative republican part of the state. you see them both competing here in the i-4 corridor, where you find independents. vice president and paul ryan, i'll pull out the map as we close the conversation. that's just paul ryan, that's just vice president biden, that's governor romney. and that's president obama. notice the pattern, in the last couple weeks, this is the last two weeks. the last two weeks of this campaign, about 9 states have gotten the attention, the rest of you just get to watch. >> thanks very much. we're awaiting speeches as i said by president obama and romney. romney's wrapping up election eve at
this is florida, you see a lot of visits. you break it down by candidate, where is the president, this is the i-4 corridor. this is an area i know ari fleischer is interested in. the democrats will win the southernmost counties, will the jewish votes be less. will the president get less because of the dustup with governor romney and israel in the campaign. you won't see the president out here. this is the most conservative republican part of the state. you see them both competing here in the...
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while mitt romney is very focused on florida and virginia, two states he must win to win the presidency. that brief pause for superstorm sandy seems like a distant memory. on the campaign trail, the attacks were back. >> the fair bet is on citizens. but i'm casting my bet on you. >> reporter: president obama is delivering his closing arguments. >> i know what change looks like because i fought for it. you have, too. and after all we've been through together, we sure as heck can't give up now. >> we're going to win on november 6th. i'll tell you that. >> reporter: he countered the president's closing argument. >> i believe america finally needs real changed as promised. we're going to give it to the american people. >> reporter: the latest abc news/"washington post" poll shows a tight race. but three new polls in key battleground states has president obama on top. it's now all hands on deck. vice president biden stumped in iowa. >> the american people are asking themselves the question in the final days, who can they trust? >> reporter: bill clinton is working just as hard as the candida
while mitt romney is very focused on florida and virginia, two states he must win to win the presidency. that brief pause for superstorm sandy seems like a distant memory. on the campaign trail, the attacks were back. >> the fair bet is on citizens. but i'm casting my bet on you. >> reporter: president obama is delivering his closing arguments. >> i know what change looks like because i fought for it. you have, too. and after all we've been through together, we sure as heck...
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he said just over 500 votes decide an election in florida in the year 2000. going to be even closer this year. and so that is a theme we've heard from the campaign repeatedly, invoking the memories of the year 2000. that's just how energized or how much emphasis they're putting on each person to make sure they are obliged to not only vote but make their friends vote, too, don. >> oh, yes, indeed. and, jess, you can feel it building, that it is close. the feeling is out there. and you can hear it in voters' voices when they talk to you. let's just get this election over. of course, they want their candidate to win, but they want it to be over. it looks like where you are, the people are enthusiastic about the president and the message. >> reporter: oh, yes. this is a very pro-obama crowd. i spoke to a number of people here who say that they are not only -- they are volunteers who go around two or three days a week, knocking on doors. some of them have flown in from other states, a very few. those who live here say they are inundated day and night with phone ca
he said just over 500 votes decide an election in florida in the year 2000. going to be even closer this year. and so that is a theme we've heard from the campaign repeatedly, invoking the memories of the year 2000. that's just how energized or how much emphasis they're putting on each person to make sure they are obliged to not only vote but make their friends vote, too, don. >> oh, yes, indeed. and, jess, you can feel it building, that it is close. the feeling is out there. and you can...
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telling us about the growing hispanic vote for a long time and he predicted 335 electoral votes in florida comes in for president obama, i think simon is just about right. it sounded a little outlandish a few days ago. >> ann? appreciationlaise's for the book, "the victory laps ." when i was canvassing in virginia and i was maybe the fourth person going columbus list and i was asking whether people thought it would vote in the morning or the afternoon, i knew i was carrying and does what he recommended. you never heard me talk about women candidates and i'm so excited about the women were coming in. to be the senator from north dakota and she is a fabulous person. emily's list supports women for congress and it wahasa one loss record. if you compare how much they raised and spent with the success compared to some of the suepr pac's, they did a heck of a lot better job. >> who were the losers? >> the billionaires handing over all that money. >> they got shelly in nevada. >> that's unfortunate. >> they did not get what they thought they were be buying of. >> the biggest loser is carl rove --
telling us about the growing hispanic vote for a long time and he predicted 335 electoral votes in florida comes in for president obama, i think simon is just about right. it sounded a little outlandish a few days ago. >> ann? appreciationlaise's for the book, "the victory laps ." when i was canvassing in virginia and i was maybe the fourth person going columbus list and i was asking whether people thought it would vote in the morning or the afternoon, i knew i was carrying and...
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if mitt romney were to take florida, there are another 29 electoral votes for florida but that would not put mitt romney over the top. >> the president is leading in florida but they've stopped counting ballots in miami-dade county. they're going to pick it up in the morning. there was a lot of talk about a combination of states. >> he lost a couple states. you look here. he won these two. traditionally reliably red states. the president won both of those states in 2008. he did not this time. he lost ground but it didn't matter. >> and we're waiting on florida. still waiting on florida. >> by the end of our broadcast, we may have results. thank you so much. soledad? >> thanks. right to our panel and ask them what was done right and what was done very, very wrong. i guess i'm going to start with you. >> which part? >> either one. both sides. start with the dems. >> first and foremost, the right thing, the president was smart to make sure they had a smart ground game four years ago. i mean last election they implemented that ground game after the election because they knew how much mor
if mitt romney were to take florida, there are another 29 electoral votes for florida but that would not put mitt romney over the top. >> the president is leading in florida but they've stopped counting ballots in miami-dade county. they're going to pick it up in the morning. there was a lot of talk about a combination of states. >> he lost a couple states. you look here. he won these two. traditionally reliably red states. the president won both of those states in 2008. he did not...
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he'll be in virginia, florida, new hampshire, iowa, colorado, and wisconsin over the next 96 hours. mitt romney will be in many of those same states over the next four days, although he's hitting pennsylvania and bypassing florida. president obama back on the trail yesterday after a three-daybreak to oversee the storm recovery. he rallied a crowd of about 10,000 people in colorado making a not-so-subtle jab at his opponent's tendency to change his mind. >> after four years as president, you know me by now. you know me. you may not agree with every decision i make. you may be frustrated at the pace of change. i always remind people that when we did the auto bailout, only 10% of the country approved of it. including, by the way, folks in michigan and ohio. but you know what i believe. you know where i stand. you know i'm willing to make tough decisions even when they're not politically convenient. >> and mitt romney returned to his pre-hurricane attack mode in virginia yesterday. there, mr. romney blasted the president for suggesting in an interview with "morning joe" this week that h
he'll be in virginia, florida, new hampshire, iowa, colorado, and wisconsin over the next 96 hours. mitt romney will be in many of those same states over the next four days, although he's hitting pennsylvania and bypassing florida. president obama back on the trail yesterday after a three-daybreak to oversee the storm recovery. he rallied a crowd of about 10,000 people in colorado making a not-so-subtle jab at his opponent's tendency to change his mind. >> after four years as president,...
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and in the end we would win florida. you know, we expanded the electorate there and we ran really good programs there in key battleground states. a lot changed, but you look at the coalition nationally, and a not a lot changes. >> guys, tanks very much. another big story tonight, hundreds of thousands of people, still suffering in the wake of superstorm sandy do not want to hear. take a look at that. staten island, new york, blanketed in snow. another storm hitting the east coast. we will more on that, next. we'rwith questions fromtump sombing elections.kies do you know where your polling place is? maybe somewhere around my house. mine's just, right over that way. well you can find out exactly where it is using bing elections. it's a good day for politics. which way do you lean politically? conservative. republican. well, using the bing news selector you can find news from whichever way you lean. (together) social on this side, financial. which party is currently predicted to win a majority in the senate? the republicans
and in the end we would win florida. you know, we expanded the electorate there and we ran really good programs there in key battleground states. a lot changed, but you look at the coalition nationally, and a not a lot changes. >> guys, tanks very much. another big story tonight, hundreds of thousands of people, still suffering in the wake of superstorm sandy do not want to hear. take a look at that. staten island, new york, blanketed in snow. another storm hitting the east coast. we will...
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some florida lawsuits and they say it's about election day, where do things stand. >> shepard, the florida democratic party does have a lawsuit and trying to extend early voting hours, in some places in miami-dade county on saturday, lines to vote were longer than three hours and the last voter at one polling station in palm beach county cast his ballot at 2:30 in the morning, 7 1/2 hours after getting in line. no timetable set for a hearing on the federal lawsuits. >> and florida has really, really long ballots and a lot of stuff on them. what are the early numbers have. >> in some cases 11 different constitutional amendments and can take you 20 minutes just to read the entire ballot. as far as the numbers go, almost 4.5 million have voted early and absentee balloting. no votes will be counted until tuesday, but right now the edge goes to democrat registered voters, but that edge is smaller than it was four years ago, when president obama carried the state of florida by less than 3%, shepard. >> shepard: steve harrigan live in tampa. thank you very much. messy signatures on mail-in ballot
some florida lawsuits and they say it's about election day, where do things stand. >> shepard, the florida democratic party does have a lawsuit and trying to extend early voting hours, in some places in miami-dade county on saturday, lines to vote were longer than three hours and the last voter at one polling station in palm beach county cast his ballot at 2:30 in the morning, 7 1/2 hours after getting in line. no timetable set for a hearing on the federal lawsuits. >> and florida...
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florida, obviously, we know the hot button point. we know that many people are waiting wednesday morning, depending on who falls short here, to look at reasons why. you have to be concerned when you see a state like ohio and it's importance and some people waiting hours to get in to vote. >> right. i mean, you've seen how reluctant people have been and how upset people have been to wait for gas in gas lines in a place like new york after a tragedy. will people have that level of greater patience to wait in a voting line, and that's why you've seen democrats be so proactive. so it wouldn't surprise me at all to see both sides paying extremely close attention to where the lines are. ever since 2000 the legal teams have grown and grown and grown, and this is why. there's always an issue. the question is how close is it? if it's very close, then that matters. if it's not, then less so, if you can call the race without that, then less so. >> absolutely. chris, how concerned are you as a democrat? you look at the situation in florida where
florida, obviously, we know the hot button point. we know that many people are waiting wednesday morning, depending on who falls short here, to look at reasons why. you have to be concerned when you see a state like ohio and it's importance and some people waiting hours to get in to vote. >> right. i mean, you've seen how reluctant people have been and how upset people have been to wait for gas in gas lines in a place like new york after a tragedy. will people have that level of greater...
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the president hitting seven battleground states from colorado to florida. romney hitting seven battle ground states over the next four days both making their closing arguments to voters and saying the election is about change. >> the question of this election comes down to this. do you want more of the same, or do you want real change? we are real change. >> when you try to change the facts, just because they're inconvenient to your campaign, that's definitely not change. >> let's bring in today's "news nation" political panel, anne kornbluth and david goodfriend. thank you so much for joining us. anne, it's interesting the president picking up on the fact that mitt romney right before hurricane sandy hit had started to identify himself as the change candidate here and the president pointing out change of facts is not change. what do we make of the last four days and this line-up back and forth? >> it's interesting they're both returning to obama's core argument of 2008. it wasn't one obama emphasized particularly throughout the course of the race. hope and
the president hitting seven battleground states from colorado to florida. romney hitting seven battle ground states over the next four days both making their closing arguments to voters and saying the election is about change. >> the question of this election comes down to this. do you want more of the same, or do you want real change? we are real change. >> when you try to change the facts, just because they're inconvenient to your campaign, that's definitely not change. >>...
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the tea party favorite from florida admitted he could not can overcome the 1900 vote deficit. not enough to trigger a recount of all votes. he waged a two week battle over votes in st. lucie county. >>> "the washington post" makes its pick for the worst candidate of 2012 and chose texas governor rick per. their reason, he entered the race the frontrunner, but then this happened. >> i would do away with education, the -- >> commerce. >> commerce. and let's see. i can't. the third one i can't. sorry. oops. >> oops. marco rubio is a senator, not a scientist. the republican from florida would not give a direct answer about how old the planet earth is. here's what he told qg -- he went on to say i think the age of the universe has zero to do with how our economy is going to grow. scientists have determined the earth is about 4.5 billion years old. >>> we want to wish vice president joe biden a happy birthday. the vp celebrates the big 7-0 today. the president wished him a happy birthday by tweeting that picture. they say 70 is the new 50. we'll see how it goes. that's going to wrap
the tea party favorite from florida admitted he could not can overcome the 1900 vote deficit. not enough to trigger a recount of all votes. he waged a two week battle over votes in st. lucie county. >>> "the washington post" makes its pick for the worst candidate of 2012 and chose texas governor rick per. their reason, he entered the race the frontrunner, but then this happened. >> i would do away with education, the -- >> commerce. >> commerce. and let's...
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colorado, florida, virginia. the president is at 45%. florida, dead even. ohio, the president is up one. . in virginia, mitt romney is a 45%. andrew? guest: it president, being an underdog in florida, he remains a favorite in ohio. i was looking at the averages last night and right now the president is the average of 2.7% in ohio. that one margin is a little bit low, but he remains a favorite in ohio. if you look at those four states, we have ohio to obama and with a toss up in virginia. host: colorado and florida to mitt romney? guest: i would agree with that. this is where we really get into the numbers. obama won ohio by five points last week in one poll, but the sample was not what was in 2008. if you do the average, that deficit becomes a one. advantage for mitt romney, or half of a point advantage. that is where there is a little bit of concern on the average between the poles in the states. i would think it should be more like the olympics. as opposed to these out liars. guest host some say that this shows too high of a democratic sample. -- guest: s
colorado, florida, virginia. the president is at 45%. florida, dead even. ohio, the president is up one. . in virginia, mitt romney is a 45%. andrew? guest: it president, being an underdog in florida, he remains a favorite in ohio. i was looking at the averages last night and right now the president is the average of 2.7% in ohio. that one margin is a little bit low, but he remains a favorite in ohio. if you look at those four states, we have ohio to obama and with a toss up in virginia. host:...
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a lot of people are talking about ohio, pennsylvania, florida. the democrats still saying it could not go romney's way, all these things could be pivotal to how the election washes up. where will you be focused tomorrow night? >> look, mitt romney has -- obama has a lot of paths to victory. romney has very few. they will be states like virginia, florida. if obama wins those states, pretty much over. romney needs to run the table and do well in ohio and pennsylvania. those are must-wins for him. >> charles, when you look at both campaigns from start to finish, what do you think has run the better campaign? >> i think that this campaign has been what most campaigns are, a series of ups and downs for both sides, and so there have been some performance issues and the first debate was a performance issue for barack obama. what mitt romney has not been able to do has been to get enough momentum to ever get himself over a hump and get shooting himself in the foot either by things coming out he didn't time or saying things in realtime that did him real d
a lot of people are talking about ohio, pennsylvania, florida. the democrats still saying it could not go romney's way, all these things could be pivotal to how the election washes up. where will you be focused tomorrow night? >> look, mitt romney has -- obama has a lot of paths to victory. romney has very few. they will be states like virginia, florida. if obama wins those states, pretty much over. romney needs to run the table and do well in ohio and pennsylvania. those are must-wins...
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i think we have a shot in florida. i think barack obama is going to get re-elected. >> governor barber -- >> i'm sure governor barber agrees with this, right? >> i'm trying to keep a straight face. >> governor barber, you are one of the smartest political tacticians out there. you know a lot about politics. let me ask you about where governor romney is beginning today. he's going to pennsylvania, the state that he only visited a couple of days ago, and ohio. he's going there to the cleveland area, which is northern ohio. normally a democratic stronghold. on ohio, does that suggest to you that he's underperforming in an area with noncollege educated whites which he will need in order to win ohio? >> if you suggest to me that they feel very good about the republican party for ohio, and that they have seen moves particularly throughout the month of october of swing voters, of independents, various groups that makes them think they can cut down obama's margin in cleveland and northeast ohio, as far as pennsylvania is conce
i think we have a shot in florida. i think barack obama is going to get re-elected. >> governor barber -- >> i'm sure governor barber agrees with this, right? >> i'm trying to keep a straight face. >> governor barber, you are one of the smartest political tacticians out there. you know a lot about politics. let me ask you about where governor romney is beginning today. he's going to pennsylvania, the state that he only visited a couple of days ago, and ohio. he's going...
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grass roots conservatives helped elect senators marco rubio in florida. ted crews in texas and this time deb fisher in that nebraska senate race. where is the evidence that proabortion or pro-gam gay marriage or pro-amnesty but fiscally conservative candidates are are the solution to the g.o.p.'s problem? moderates like scott brown and charlie summers just lost their senate races in massachusetts and maine. both blue states. would their type of republic have won in conservative red states? of course not. until more liberal republicans start winning their races, why should they dictate the terms of a new g.o.p. agenda? yes, republics, of course they need to attract more single women and latinos. but pandering isn't the answer. good policy and good politics is. i don't think it's any harder to convince more hispanics or more single women irish catholics eye tannial immigrants new deal or jfk democrats become conservatives during the reagan area. if you believe like i do that social economic poes are the best hope for the nation. then aban dogging your posit
grass roots conservatives helped elect senators marco rubio in florida. ted crews in texas and this time deb fisher in that nebraska senate race. where is the evidence that proabortion or pro-gam gay marriage or pro-amnesty but fiscally conservative candidates are are the solution to the g.o.p.'s problem? moderates like scott brown and charlie summers just lost their senate races in massachusetts and maine. both blue states. would their type of republic have won in conservative red states? of...
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in a state like arizona that arizona could gain 20,000 jobs and $1 billion in revenue, states like florida could gain $100 million in revenue because of monies they don't have to put into their own health care system and increased economic activity this would bring to the state, this is absurd and irrational position. there's only one reason republican governors are doing this. it is because they don't want to be primaried. this goes to the central issue for republicans. are they going to tell the crazy in the primary, the extreme right that have created a minority status for this party, that the positions they want the party to hold are ungovernable, they cannot win elections? are they going to stand up to them the way they didn't stand up to rush limbaugh, the way they didn't stand up to donald trump, stay rational positions or let the inmates be in charge of the asylum -- >> hoeld on -- >> hold on -- >> i'll let you respond in a moment. the other point i want to make is also in the days since the election we've been hearing about wanting to be the kindler, gentler republican party and s
in a state like arizona that arizona could gain 20,000 jobs and $1 billion in revenue, states like florida could gain $100 million in revenue because of monies they don't have to put into their own health care system and increased economic activity this would bring to the state, this is absurd and irrational position. there's only one reason republican governors are doing this. it is because they don't want to be primaried. this goes to the central issue for republicans. are they going to tell...
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>> yeah, and also i don't think the word florida hurt. >> oh, yeah. >> i mean florida was a little bit important at that time. so all you had to do was say i'm from tampa, and here's a lady you might even expect to be a romney lady. she's sitting in a big mansion, having romney kind of parties going to country clubs and all of a sudden she wants to have lunch in the obama white house. i mean, why not? >> and it happens. you write about an fbi investigation, and to attendant to that that paula broadwell almost became an fbi officer herself, right? >> i'm told that she actually applied, passed a polygraph and they were ready to offer her an appointment. >> she didn't take it because harvard called? >> i don't think it went too well at harvard. she could have been an agent. must have been surreal for her to be standing in her house with fbi agents searching her house and she was just a step away from becoming an agent. >> talk about fredrick humphries, the fbi agent who jill kelley contacted. what's his story? >> what's interesting is that, you know, this is the time where you're not like
>> yeah, and also i don't think the word florida hurt. >> oh, yeah. >> i mean florida was a little bit important at that time. so all you had to do was say i'm from tampa, and here's a lady you might even expect to be a romney lady. she's sitting in a big mansion, having romney kind of parties going to country clubs and all of a sudden she wants to have lunch in the obama white house. i mean, why not? >> and it happens. you write about an fbi investigation, and to...
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he's got to have florida. he's really got to sweep all the other battle ground states if he's losing ohio. but it is striking that again, poll after poll after poll has put the president closer to holding onto florida than polls have suggested romney is closer to taking ohio. so florida is more likely to tip into obama' side, but there are big differences in these polls. some of the more local polls in florida have put romney ahead. i think it's still a nail biter in florida. could go either way. but it's for sure romney's need to win state. >> okay, pennsylvania now with you, perry. the romney camp appears to be making a play for that state, spending about $10 million in ad right now. mitt romney is adding a stop there tomorrow. paul ryan will be there today. there are a lot of theories on why his camp is doing this. what's your take, perry? >> my theory is they're struggling in ohio so much they have to try to make a play somewhere else. the president probably can't win the elections without winning pennsylv
he's got to have florida. he's really got to sweep all the other battle ground states if he's losing ohio. but it is striking that again, poll after poll after poll has put the president closer to holding onto florida than polls have suggested romney is closer to taking ohio. so florida is more likely to tip into obama' side, but there are big differences in these polls. some of the more local polls in florida have put romney ahead. i think it's still a nail biter in florida. could go either...
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even if he gets ohio, get this, he's got to still win virginia or florida -- and florida, colorado. it's so hard for him to get to 270. without ohio, it's almost impossible. >> cornel, do you see this boiling down to the electoral college versus the popular vote? >> i think it is going to be electoral college. one of the interesting things, i think you'll see a tighter race state by state. on average, we won the battleground states by seven or eight points last time around in 2008. we won't win by those on average, eight or seven points, this time around. you'll see closer races in each of these states but as they line up, the president has leads in all of these states. the structure of this election has been fairly solid with him leading in all these states. i think you will see close state by state races. the electoral college i think will be a decisive victory for the president. >> ari, are you one of these folks who said there's polling, there's polling, but your gut is telling you romney based on t enthusiasm on the ground? >> first, listen to the polling, we might as well canc
even if he gets ohio, get this, he's got to still win virginia or florida -- and florida, colorado. it's so hard for him to get to 270. without ohio, it's almost impossible. >> cornel, do you see this boiling down to the electoral college versus the popular vote? >> i think it is going to be electoral college. one of the interesting things, i think you'll see a tighter race state by state. on average, we won the battleground states by seven or eight points last time around in 2008....
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florida clearly incredibly close. ohio was a two-point margin on election day. on election night after the election it's gotten up to three points with rounding, 51-48 as you can seechlt ohio getting close to the national average. then there is virginia which has been on the national number. on election day it was 51.48. it's expanded to 51-47. then colorado, 51-47 on election day. the big surprise is with rounding, 52-46. we'll talk about colorado in a minute. let's bring in my colleague at the white house, nbc's mike viqueira, former adviser to george bush and sarah feagin and doug thorn nell. welcome all. good to be with you. sarah, the colorado number is the one most striking. these provisional ballots has come in. it takes this country three weeks to count votes. it's a good thing we weren't waiting here. we've been through one of those. colorado, that's the one that surprised me. >> it surprised a lot of people. >> not a large african-american population. a hispanic population that is more conservative in nature, one that there was an expectation that romn
florida clearly incredibly close. ohio was a two-point margin on election day. on election night after the election it's gotten up to three points with rounding, 51-48 as you can seechlt ohio getting close to the national average. then there is virginia which has been on the national number. on election day it was 51.48. it's expanded to 51-47. then colorado, 51-47 on election day. the big surprise is with rounding, 52-46. we'll talk about colorado in a minute. let's bring in my colleague at...
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president's brutally efficient, we now know turnout operation in core states like ohio, virginia and florida, popular vote pretty close in the end. in the end he got out the partisans in much the same numbers in 2008 and that's what won it for him. >> paul: so, kim, you're saying that's about 100 million dollars or more that the obama campaign poured on mitt romney on bain capital on his tax returns on the fact that he's a pluto kratt, and making him to be gordon gecko without the social-- and romney, would you agree they made a fatal mistake in not countering the attack ads? >> i think it was the mistake and there was a belief in the romney campaign that somehow if you were responding you were losing, but by sitting back and not doing anything, they didn't have a lot of money and this was the primary season hadn't been opened up to the general campaign dollars yet, but by sitting back, they did allow the president to brand him that way and when you looked at the exit poll numbers and questions people asked, that was certainly the impression left with lots of americans. >> paul: and jason,th
president's brutally efficient, we now know turnout operation in core states like ohio, virginia and florida, popular vote pretty close in the end. in the end he got out the partisans in much the same numbers in 2008 and that's what won it for him. >> paul: so, kim, you're saying that's about 100 million dollars or more that the obama campaign poured on mitt romney on bain capital on his tax returns on the fact that he's a pluto kratt, and making him to be gordon gecko without the...
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he wanted to restore nasa's brilliance, a gift to florida's voters. eliminate the estate tax and lower tax rates. people can say that's giving taxpayers money back. these are incentives to join your campaign, support your candidacy. if they doesn't understand that he has a weird conception of what politics is about. >> eric, he's factually incorrect of who is getting these programs. health and human services says 44.6% of those without health insurance are white voters who by the way mitt romney, you know, he lost among them, too. he won a great share of the white vote. on the whole, nationally speaking mitt romney lost. >> sure. this was an election over who you were going to give gifts too. it was who was going to receive them. romney wanted to give gifts to the rich. obama wanted to give to the middle class and the poor. that debate was decided. it wasn't an issue of gifts. it was who is going to pay for the gifts. a lot of the gifts that obama gave, like obama care, could have given money back to taxpayers through deficit reduction, three reducing
he wanted to restore nasa's brilliance, a gift to florida's voters. eliminate the estate tax and lower tax rates. people can say that's giving taxpayers money back. these are incentives to join your campaign, support your candidacy. if they doesn't understand that he has a weird conception of what politics is about. >> eric, he's factually incorrect of who is getting these programs. health and human services says 44.6% of those without health insurance are white voters who by the way mitt...
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where have the candidates been focusing in florida lately? >> here in florida the polls have been open for four hours. all morning long we've seen a steady stream of voters here at the university of south florida in tampa. now, all eyes are going to be focused on this area and the interstate 4 corridor. that's the area between here and orlando where there are a number of independent voters. that's precisely why we've seen so many visits from the candidates here in recent months. dozens between the two men, in fact. also, the campaigns have been very aggressively focusing on hispanic voters here. there are some 1.6 million latino registered voters here in florida, and campaign officials tell me they really tried to appeal to them in a way that they appeal to the broader electorate, by talking about the economy, improving the economic picture and creating jobs. for "cbs this morning," elaine quijano, tampa. >>> in 2008 barack obama won the state of wisconsin by 14 points. the race this year is predicted to be much closer. chip reid is in madiso
where have the candidates been focusing in florida lately? >> here in florida the polls have been open for four hours. all morning long we've seen a steady stream of voters here at the university of south florida in tampa. now, all eyes are going to be focused on this area and the interstate 4 corridor. that's the area between here and orlando where there are a number of independent voters. that's precisely why we've seen so many visits from the candidates here in recent months. dozens...